Congress Watch

Kung si ACT Teachers Representative France Castro ang tatanungin, dapat lang na imbitahan ng Senado si Vice President Sara Duterte upang pagpaliwanagin tungkol sa mga alegasyon na tumanggap siya at ang kanyang ama na si dating Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ng mga baril mula kay Apollo Quiboloy.

Nilinaw ni House Deputy Majority Leader at Tingog Partylist Rep. Jude Acidre nitong Huwebes na ang 1987 Constitution ay hindi nag-uutos ng hiwalay na pagboto para sa mga iminungkahing pag-amyenda ng Senado at Kamara, at sinabing ang interpretasyong ito ay nagmula lamang sa mga senador.

Mariing nagpahayag ng kanyang pagkadismaya si Deputy Majority Leader at Tingog Partylist Representative Jude Acidre sa kanyang kapwa mambabatas na si Senador Imee Marcos kaugnay ng pagkaltas sa 2023 budget para sa Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) na nagkakahalaga ng P13 bilyon.

Mariing pinasinungalingan ni House Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez ang mga paratang ni Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KJC) leader Pastor Apollo Quiboloy tungkol sa diumano’y assassination plot ng gobyerno laban sa kanya.

Majority Leader Manuel Jose Dalipe said on Wednesday the House Committee of the Whole will hold hearings three times per week to "exhaustively" discuss Resolution of Both Houses 7 (RBH 7), which proposes economic amendments to the 1987 Constitution.

During the plenary session, a total of 234 lawmakers voted to approve House Bill 9764, which seeks to extend to five years the validity of the professional ID and Certificate of Registration of every professional under the PRC.

During the plenary session on Tuesday, the House approved the motion of Iloilo 1st District Rep. Janette Garin for the committee to take up Resolution of Both Houses (RBH) No. 7, which proposes economic Charter changes (Cha-cha), particularly Articles XII (National Economy and Patrimony), XIV (Education, Science, Technology, Arts, Culture, and Sports), and XVI (General Provisions).

During the plenary session, the chamber passed via voice vote House Bill 9875, otherwise known as the proposed Free Professional Examinations Act.

House Resolution 1595, which was filed Monday afternoon, seeks to use the unspent appropriations allocated to PhilHealth for premium subsidies, providing immediate financial relief to the country's economically vulnerable workers.

Senators will now start working with the members of the House of Representatives in a "professional" manner after Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri and House Speaker Martin Romualdez met and shook hands during former Senate president and Presidential Legal Counsel Juan Ponce Enrile's 100th birthday celebration in Malacañang.